SEQUIM — The First Friday Art Walk from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight will feature a new venue.
A Stitch in Time Quilt Shoppe at 225 E. Washington St. will display local quilters’ work that corresponds with the monthly color theme of purple.
A Stitch in Time encourages people, if they have quilts they made that coincide with the color designated for the Art Walk, to drop them off at their shop the day of the walk with their labels and information attached to their quilts.
The monthly art walks always have a color theme, and the theme for July is the color purple.
“Purple is the color of Sequim’s famous lavender blooms, and the color purple represents mesmerizing potential, magical camaraderie, thoughtfulness, cultivated dignity, supportive spiritual significance and impressive extravagance,” said Renne Emiko Brock, organizer of the walk.
“Fields of Lavender” by Craig Robinson is on exhibit at Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County’s Sequim Habitat Boutique Store.
“Those sweet lavender flowers come in purple, violet, mauve, orchid, lilac, indigo, amethyst, plum, pink, and even white,” she said in a press release.
“You will find works of art and folks supporting the option to dress in tints and shades of purple as fellow Sequimmers prepare for Sequim lavender season.”
The First Friday Art Walk Sequim has returned while respecting the COVID health and wellness guidelines of masks, social distancing and limited capacity, Brock said.
“We are starting out small. Not all venues are open fully with the slow start of the return of the evening activities of Sequim Art Walk, so please visit them when they are open.”
First Friday Art Walk Sequim is a free self-guided tour of local art venues in Sequim from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the First Friday of every month.
Other special events tonight are:
• Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. — Members of North Olympic Watercolorists exhibit the group’s artwork.
Participating artists are Beverly Beighle, Barb Falk-Diekfuss, Connie Drysdale, Wendy Goldberg, Roger Huntley, Allyne Lawson, Shirley Rudolf, Randy Washburne and Carol Wilhelm. Enjoy awardwinning artfully crafted wines and appetizing tidbits at Wind Rose.
• Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St. — “Color and Light” showcases the work of glass sculptor Deborah Harrison and watercolorist Jolene Sanborn.
• The Sequim Museum & Arts, 544 N Sequim Ave. — “Artists’ Adventures” by Beverly Majors is on view.
“The hardest choice to make is what do I paint or do I do a scratch art piece,” she said.
“I’ve gotten to do lots of solo and collaborative projects and commissions, teach university students and see my work go into shows and collections in places from England to El Salvador, Thailand to Tennessee —and beyond — and I still just like making art. I can fuel the rest of my life on that.”
Masks are required and museum capacity limits apply.
• Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County’s Sequim Habitat Boutique Store, 213 E. Washington St. — Local artist and advocate Craig Robinson is showcased.
• Pacific Pantry, 229 S. Sequim Ave. — It will be open until 7 p.m. featuring cougar photos by photographers Mark Elbroch, Sebastian Kennerknecht and Dave Shreffler.
The exhibit is a fundraiser for ongoing research being conducted by Panthera.org and the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe on cougars of the Olympic Peninsula.
• That Takes The Cake, 171 W. Washington St. — It will be open until 6 p.m. to offer cupcakes to start the art walk.
• Sequim Spice and Tea, 139 W. Washington St. — It will be open until 8 p.m.
• Forage Gifts & Northwest Treasures, 121 W. Washington St. — The shop has local artists’ creations.
Go to SequimArtWalk.com to download and print a map and find out what special events are happening.
